Hoosiers Lose Tight Battle at Northwestern

Sunday, October 29

Evanston, Ill.

2:00 PM

Indiana University

16-9,6-6Big Ten

Northwestern

11-11,5-7Big Ten

Indiana

Northwestern

10/29/2023 5:30:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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EVANSTON, Ill. – A match separated by just four total points saw Northwestern come away with a Sunday afternoon victory over the Indiana volleyball team (16-9, 6-6) at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

IU used an incredible comeback to win the second set before controlling the third. Northwestern flipped the script down the stretch as the Hoosiers fell in five (23-25, 34-32, 25-21, 22-25, 10-15) for the second time this week.

The Hoosiers have played three-straight contests that have gone the complete five sets and have seen three of six losses in conference play come in five-set matches.

Junior setter Camryn Haworth went for another triple-double and the second of her career against Northwestern with 50 assists, 10 kills and 10 digs.

IU continues its road trip next weekend with matches at Rutgers and Ohio State before returning home to play the same Rutgers team on Nov. 10.

Stats and Notes
Team
• The teams were nearly even across the entire match before Northwestern pulled ahead in the closing stages. The Wildcats outhit the Hoosiers (.259-.238) and tallied more kills (74-70) and digs (77-75) across the five sets.

• IU had four players finish with 10+ digs including freshman libero Ramsey Gary who recorded her sixth-straight game with 20-or-more digs.

• As a team, IU totaled 13 blocks; the fourth time in the Big Ten this season that the squad has gone for 10+ blocks.

• The Hoosiers second set victory, a 34-32 win, saw the teams combine for 66 points and IU fight off eight set points. The 66 points in a set is tied for second most in a single match under the current scoring system (since 2008).

• IU falls to 2-3 (1-2) in five-set matches this season, dropping all three of those conference five-setters on the road.

#10 Haworth, Camryn
• The All-Big Ten setter was once again a rock for the Hoosiers, recording her second triple-double of her career and the third of her career.

• She had 50 assists, 10 kills and 10 digs and also added five service aces. She is the first player in program history to record a triple-double in back-to-back matches.

• Haworth has three 50-assist matches this season, the most in a single season in her career. She's gone for 10+ digs on eight occasions this year.

• She now has eight career matches with four-or-more aces including four this season.

#32 Gary, Ramsey
• The Pendleton, Ind. native tallied 24 digs including seven in the opening set. She was perfect in serve-receive across 25 attempts. She also tallied six assists on out-of-system balls.

• She's now got 400 digs this season, putting her just three away from setting the single-season freshman digs record.

#18 Rammelsberg, Kaley
• The fifth-year middle blocker was outstanding offensively, producing 15 kills for the second time in three matches.

• She pushes her run of matches with 10+ kills to four and has hit over .340 in each of the last seven contests for the Hoosiers.

Scoring Recap
Set 1: Northwestern 25, Indiana 23
• The hosts were efficient offensively in the first set, producing a .368 hitting percentage (15-1-38) with four kills each from Averie Hernandez and Kathryn Randorf.

• Sophomore outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles went for seven kills while Gary dug seven balls.

• IU went down 12-15 but the insertion of junior outside hitter Mady Saris to serve sparked a three-point run and leveled the score midway through the set.

• A kill from Rammelsberg and an attack error from Northwestern gave IU a 21-20 lead but a four-point run handed the momentum back to the Wildcats for the set victory.

Set 2: Indiana 34, Northwestern 32
• One of the wildest sets in the program's history saw the Hoosiers fight off eight set points, including three straight to make it 24-all, before winning the frame 34-32.

• The 66 combined points were the most in a single Big Ten set since totaling 66 against Northwestern in 2017. A 2008 match against Michigan saw the sides combine for 74 points in a single set.

• Haworth opened the set with a dominating run of serving, breaking open a 5-0 lead for the Hoosiers before a timeout from Northwestern.

• After going down 18-20, IU battled back to take a 21-20 lead but was met by four-straight points from the hosts as Northwestern got its first set point at 24-21.

• Alonso-Corcelles and Haworth combined on the next three kills to force 24-all before the sides exchanged points to 31-all. A kill from senior middle blocker Savannah Kjolhede and an error from Northwestern handed IU the second set.

Set 3: Indiana 25, Northwestern 21
• IU hit .382 in the third set (16-3-34) led by three kills from five different players in a balanced attack to win 25-21.

• The Hoosier lead never grew bigger than three but the visitors were in control from the beginning, using a kill from Alonso-Corcelles and a Northwestern attacking error to win the third set.

Set 4: Northwestern 25, Indiana 22
• Neither team was efficient offensively in the fourth set but timely kills, including four from Hernandez were enough for Northwestern in a 25-22 win.

• IU went down five (10-15) but would claw all the way back within one point at 19-20 off a kill from Rammelsberg.

• After the score was tied at three-all, IU would never tie the set or take the lead again as Northwestern forced a fifth and final frame on Sunday.

Set 5: Northwestern 15, Indiana 10
• Costly errors were a dagger down the stretch for IU with three attacking errors and three service errors making the difference in the final set.

• Northwestern was outstanding offensively with four kills from Hernandez while hitting .444 as a team to win the fifth set 15-10.